STAPLES MAVI/SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD

Descripción

Grim days call for fierce love. And Mavis Staples one of the most enduring figures in American music is laying it down. Sad And Beautiful World is the latest solo album from a national treasure and multigenerational talent.Produced by Brad Cook Sad And Beautiful World spans seven decades of the American songbook - a range nearly as vast as Mavis career - and includes reinventions of timeless songs by Tom Waits Sparklehorse Gillian Welch Frank Ocean and more. Cook imagined an album in the tradition of Nitty Gritty Dirt Bands Will the Circle Be Unbroken a group of artists coming together to celebrate community - in this case one centered on Mavis. Collaborators include Buddy Guy Bonnie Raitt Jeff Tweedy Derek Trucks Katie Crutchfield MJ Lenderman and Justin Vernon. Inducted into several halls of fame (Blues Rock and Gospel) a Kennedy Center Honoree a winner of multiple GRAMMYs (including a Lifetime Achievement Award) Mavis is musical history. Shes collaborated with nearly every major figure of her era(s) from Bob Dylan to Prince Aretha Franklin and Willie Nelson - not to mention countless stars from subsequent generations.